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Barriers to reverse logistics practices in pharmaceutical supply chains: an ISM approach

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  • Haidar Abbas

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The essence of supply chain management lies in delivering the right product in the right quantity with the right quality to the right customer at the right time, right cost and at the right place. The product may return for customers' dissatisfaction, defect, non-performance, servicing etc. Having attracted the stakeholders' attention long back, practice of reverse logistics still faces issues related with financial resources, technological advancement, commitment of top management, awareness about the legislative measures etc. Identification, classification, and preparation of suitable strategies become the responsibility of the top management. Researchers have tried to establish the impediments of reverse logistics practices in the context of Indian pharmaceutical supply chains. Using the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM), researchers tried to establish driving barriers and independent barriers. Based on the degree of driving power and dependency, researchers extracted some crucial barriers that require more attention than others.

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  • Haidar Abbas, 2018. "Barriers to reverse logistics practices in pharmaceutical supply chains: an ISM approach," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(1), pages 47-60.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:16:y:2018:i:1:p:47-60
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    1. Feroz Khan & Yousaf Ali, 2022. "Implementation of the circular supply chain management in the pharmaceutical industry," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(12), pages 13705-13731, December.
    2. Zeinab Sazvar & Mahsa Zokaee & Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam & Samira Al-sadat Salari & Sina Nayeri, 2022. "Designing a sustainable closed-loop pharmaceutical supply chain in a competitive market considering demand uncertainty, manufacturer’s brand and waste management," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 315(2), pages 2057-2088, August.
    3. Wen-Kuo Chen & Ching-Torng Lin, 2021. "Interrelationship among CE Adoption Obstacles of Supply Chain in the Textile Sector: Based on the DEMATEL-ISM Approach," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-24, June.

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